ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,863, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Shoe care device" was invented by Kyoung Min Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Young Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Yong Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe care device provided with an accommodation space inside which shoes are accommodated includes a body; a movable body which forms the accommodation space together with the body and is coupled to the body so as to be slidable between a first position and a second position prior to the first position; a blowing part configured to circulate air in the accommodation space; an...